// and kubelet (skippable) traffic would have the same srcip once they got to the pod, and would be indistinguishable.
	//
	// Note that SortedList is used here because the istio sets class has no order guarantees,
	// and our unit tests will flake if rules have a nondeterministic ordering.
	// CLI: -t mangle -A ISTIO_PRERT -s 169.254.7.127 -p tcp -m tcp --dport <PROBEPORT> -j ACCEPT
	//

				}},
			},
		}

		// only label if the user has provided their own value, otherwise we let istiod choose a default at runtime (service)
		// this will allow for gateway class to provide a default for that class rather than always forcing service or requiring users to configure correctly
		if trafficType != "" {
			if !validTrafficTypes.Contains(trafficType) {